Barner not at all (mouth)guarded about punt mistake vs. Falcons

The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) named Eagles football operations chief Howie Roseman executive of year.

Roseman and personnel chief Joe Douglas built a final four team capable of weathering several significant injuries, including the loss of quarterback Carson Wentz.

Oddly the PFWA didn’t make Doug Pederson its coach of the year. Pederson was snubbed despite guiding the Eagles to a 13-3 record, tying the best singleseason mark in club history. Last week he led the Birds to their first playoff game in nine seasons.

Instead the PFWA gave coach of the year to Sean McVay, who led the Los Angeles Rams to an 11-5 record and was one-and-done in the playoffs, his squad managing 13 points in the playoffs. This just in, knuckleheads: defensive coordinator Wade Phillips had much more to do with that success than McVay.

Which leads us to the PFWA assistant coach of the year, Pat Shurmur, of the Vikings. Great honor for Shurmur but a slap in the face of head coach Mike Zimmer, who, like Pederson, got zero credit for producing a 13-3 slate and the top defense in the league.

Bravo.

*** Limited at practice Thursday were Eagles middle linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (hamstring) and special teams linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill (ankle).

Cornerback Sidney Jones (hamstring) practiced fully.